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Incorrigible corruption
As if two quotes as epigraph are not enough, I begin the text of the column with yet another, this one Mongolia-specific: “Mainstream media can’t stop fixating on a ‘corrupt’ (is there really any other kind?) government and the (yawn) Oyu Tolgoi negotiations.” My apologies for not being able to attribute this, but I cannot recollect where I read it, though it was quite recently.
Mongolia’s moment
What has been going on in Mongolia is unique, and it has been on my mind ever since it began. What’s important, however, is that we focus on what this means on the street.